Swain with Galio
How to Synergize Swain and Galio
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Swain Galio Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Swain and Galio
Tips for Playing as Swain with Galio
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Swain Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Swain in LoL
The Swain Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Swain sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Galio helps Swain perform poorer in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Swain is an ally to Galio, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Galio doesn't help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Swain is played together with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Galio.
Additionally, when Swain plays with Galio on the same team, he often takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Galio does a decent job of covering Swain in team fights.
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Is Swain better when played alongside Galio?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Swain that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Galio is a very typical teammate for Swain. By locking into the same side as Swain, he drops their win rate by -0.8% to 50.5%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong bond between Swain and Galio that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Galio has a much lower diffuclty than Swain. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Galio allies to play with, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to play well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to tank a lot of damage. Together, these champions will be a great protective duo.
Conversely, by bringing Swain and Galio together, you will not be giving your team much sustained damage output. We recommend you include other champs on your team that fills this disparity in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Galio ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Swain in order to synergize with Galio during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial items to use in your Swain and Galio synergy build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Malignance, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Galio than with many other common builds. In fact, Swain had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing alongside Galio with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Galio with Swain are shown for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.